Improvement in mode of hanging and guiding the harness in looms



@eine tetes @anni @fitte L( s. FISHER, or BBoADIInAI), WISCONSIN.

Letters .Patent No. 63,877, dated April 16, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN MODE 0F HANGING AND GUIDING THE HARNESS LOOMS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN l v Be it known that I, L. S. FISHER, ofBroadhead, county of Greene,rin the State of Wisconsin, have invented anew and improved Loom,l and I do hereby declare that the-following isa/full and exact description thereof, reference beingr to theaccompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

i The nature of my inventioneonsists in a certain improvement on theHenderson loom, patented January 1, 1861, and pertains to 'the hangingand guiding of the-harnesses.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it.

' In the Henderson loom above referred to, as well as most others, theharnesses-are attached -in pairs to the opposite end of a single strand,which plays over a pulley located centrally over the harnesses. Thisarrangement is very objectionable, as it does not insure perfect oraccurate shedding'-openingot` the Warp to receive the filling. Indeed,with it it isalmost impossible to make a perfect shed, as the 'harnessesare attached to each other and raised'only by this central strand,consequently the ends oi' the harnesses have no positive verticalmovement, and of course Without a certain positive movement ot'` bothends of the harness, thatis, being parallel as well as vertical, (thetop and bottom piecesremaining horizontal.) Without this -movcment ofboth ends of the harness the loom fails, as there can be noshedding-without it, and without this movement or with no shedding theshuttle cannot pass and no filling can be received. lThis diiculty ofkeeping both ends of the harness at the same elevation, or of impartingto them the same vertical movement, as has been before said, my loomseeks to remedy. By my device I remedyv the ldefects of enderson'landothers as to hanging and guiding the harnesses. It may be Hendersonsought but .thiledtoaccomplish my very aim by his guy and strand. I haveovercome the diiiculty, or insured a parallel-as well as Vverticalmovement, and preserved the horizontal position of the top and bottompieces by attachingor pairing the harness, as will be described. In thedrawingsi i `Figure l represents a perspective drawing of' my loom.

`Figure 2, the harness'guide. v A

A A represent the frame, B B the harnesses.- In the centre of their ytoppiecesA there is an eye, a, and in the ends arescreIv-eyes, b.Two-cords, c, are fastened to the 4centre of each harness frame. Thesepass .up and over pulleys d d, properly secured in .top of frame, then'passing over other pulleys ff, at the ends, pass down, and Iareattached to the outer ends of another harness to hooks b. Thisarrangement of attaching both ends of each harness to the centralportion of another, (byfcords of cq'ua-l length,) running over pulleysand 4both ends of the latter tothe central portion of the'former,secures an equal, uniform movement of all partsof the harness.AFrepresents the guides for the ends of the harness. They are not rigid,but suspended, and have a vertical and horizontal adjustability, servingequally as well as rigid ones to keep the harness separate, sopreventing them from rubbing or getting tangled together. Gr G r areweights suspended from cords g g, the end of each one being attachedrespectively to the web and cloth-beams, keeping the sume taut on thebeams, which are operated by the movement of the lay or batten inbeating up, and it is essentialthat the movement of these beams inpaying out the yarn andin taking up the cloth should be regulated. Thecatch or dog on the yarn-beamis only to be used when there is no yarn onbeam, or when you desire te change the Weights.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the Y 1. Hanging the harness in looms in themannerV substantially as shown and described and-for the purpose setforth.

2. AThe adjustable guides F,`in combination with the harnesses B B,constructed and operated in the manner as shown and described and for'the purpose set forth. y

' L, S. FISHER.

, Witnesses:

L. E TowNE, SAMUEL BENNETT,

